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Hi, Most DVDs released in the U.S. have a symbol stating "Region 1"
indicating DVD playability in all of North America. There are 7 regions
devised by (MPAA?)and the DVD manufactureres, primarily to forstalling
copyright infringement/copying. I'm not sure what region Europe is. Most
DVD players sold in the U.S. only play region 1 DVDs unless advertised a
multi-regional. Some DVDs are also encoded as multi-regional and will play
in any region. Additionally, there is one other concern - besides regions,
NTSC, PAL and SEACAM are still used as recording industry standards - even
digitally (at least that's what I've been told). I'm not sure how that
plays out (no pun intended) in the useability of a foreign DVD. Please let
me know if you find out. Jim Scholtz.

At 01:05 PM 1/3/02 -0800, you wrote:>Colleagues,>>I just received a request from a faculty member for a this product:>>Robbe-Grillet on DVD>A double DVD, released jointly by Les Impressions Nouvelles and IMEC, >provides a much fuller version of these important interviews, with a total >running time of about 6 hrs 15 mins. It will be of particular value to >schools, colleges and universities, resource centres, international >cultural centres and lovers of literature in general. This interactive DVD >will enable viewers to explore Alain Robbe-Grillet's life and work >according to their individual interests. The accompanying booklet contains >details of all the topics available for search.>>The format is only described as Digital Betacam DVD >(http://www.lespierides.com/)>>Since this is produced in France, does anyone know if standard DVD players >and workstations with DVD drives can be used, or is DVDs produced in Europe >different (such as video cassettes and PAL or Secam formats).>>Since my primary function is selection of videos and DVds I'm pretty >ignorant regarding technical aspects. Thanks so much for any information.>>Margaret>>>>***************************************************************>G. Margaret Porter>Librarian, Reference Department>University of Notre Dame>Notre Dame IN 46556>>Phone:219-631-7620>Fax: 219-631-8887>E-Mail: porter.2@nd.edu>>>